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A stately man within it sat, 
Gazing upon the less'ning shore 

A cherub child was on his knee, 
Clasped closely by his circling 
arm, 
Who, by her little tender words, 
E'en then his troubled soul 
could charm. 

The Duke of Milan thus is cast 
Upon the foaming waters wild 

(•By his own wicked brother's 
deed), 
To perish with his only child. 



But God sent aid with dawning 
light - 
A lovely island he descried, 
To whose fair shores, with ver- 
dure clad, 
"The boat was drifted by the 
tide. 



He took his infant in his arms, 
And sprang upon the yellow sand, 

And there upon the shore he saw, 
A gibb'ring monster, staring stand. 

The only human creature there, 

Who scarcely owned the name of man, 

A speechless monster — but in time 
The duke's strong 
servant — Caliban. 

The banished Prince 

a home soon made 
Within a rosy coral 

cave ; 
And Caliban (as we 

have said) 
Was his uncouth but 

useful slave. 

And other servants, 

too, he had ; 
A hundred sprites his 

will obeyed : 
Fairies that dwelt in forest bow'rs, 
Or spirits who on sunbeams played 





For he was skilled in magic arts, 

And could " call spirits from the deep," 

And bid them hover round his child, 
Or watch beside her mid-day sleep. 




And thus within th' enchanted isle, 
The sweet Miranda throve and grew, 

Her father, and the sprites he ruled, 
The only beings that she knew. 

No birds nor animals were there ; 

Yet oft beneath the cloudless skies 
Sweet music floated on the air, 

And sang her gentle lullabies. 



The years rolled on ; a stately maid 
The young Miranda now had grown, 

And Prospero, for her sweet sake, 

Would fain once more possess a throne. 




And Time and Chance now 
stood his friends ; 
A stately ship was off the 
shore ; 
And well he knew his ancient 
foes 
Across the seas that vessel 
bore. 

Now one dear spirit he em- 
ployed, 
Ariel — the airy creature's 
name, — 
Who always loved to do his will, 
And at his slightest summons 
came ; 

But yet his freedom often 

craved, — 
For spirits ever would be 

free, — 
The only gift the duke could give 

His Ariel, was liberty. 

And now the mighty master 
called, 
" My Ariel, I need thy aid, 
And if thou dost thy duty well, 
With freedom thou shalt be 
repaid. 



" Go ! Raise a tempest round 
the Isle, 
And by it let yon ship be 
tossed, — 
Cast all her crew upon the 
land, 
But do not let a life be lost." 




Swift Ariel at once obeyed, 
And soon a mighty tempest 
raised, 
And while the winds and 
waters strove, 
About the ship like fire he 
blazed. 

Striking" two guilty souls with fear 

Who stood upon the flaming 

deck ; 

The wicked brother and the king, 

Who saw Heav'n's judgment 

in the wreck. 



The King of Naples, who had joined 
With that bad man in awful crime, 
Believed the punishment he feared 





There he awoke to magic strains, 
Which seemed to mourn his father 
dead, 

And following the guiding sound, 
To Prospero's own cell was led. 

The fair Miranda there he saw — 
Miranda, who had never known 

The face of any human thing 

Save her dear father's and her own. 



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He feared lest King Alonzo's son 

Might not be honest, true, and good," 

So made him powerless by a spell, 
And set him to bear logs of wood. 

Miranda, sorry for his fate, 

Would of his labor bear a part, 

And by her generons kindness won 
The captive prince's honest heart. 




Prospero watched them both unseen, 

And learned to trust his princely 
slave ; 
Released him from his irksome toil, 

And for his wife, Miranda gave. 
Thus in the royal exile's cell, 

The tale of love is told once 
more ; 
And Ferdinand has won his queen, 

Upon th' enchanted Island's shore. 





Meantime the king and the bad 

duke, 
Who reigned in noble Prosper's 

stead, 
By wand'ring music and sweet 
sounds, 
About the fairy isle were led. 
With them the good Gonzalo went 
Prospero's tried and faithful friend, 
Who comfort sought to give the 
king, 
For his fair son's untimely end. 



Now Caliban was sent for wood ; 

A lazy slave of late he'd grown, 
Unwilling Prospero to serve, 

Or any law of duty own. 

So the great master sent his 
elves 
To pinch him, or to give him 
pricks, 
To make him use his lazy strength, 
And keep him from malicious 
tricks. 

Suddenly, as the wood he bore, 
There came before his startled 
sight, 
One that he thought a sprite 
must be, 
Who might, perchance, pinch, 
prick, or bite. 

Then thinking if he lay down flat, 
This strange new elf might 
pass him by, 
Upon the earth he threw himself, 
And in deep slumber feigned 
to lie. 





But it was Trinculo he saw 

(And not a spirit as he thought) 
The merry jester of the king, 

Whom chance to this lone spot 
had brought. 
Soon after, the ship's butler came, 

Amazed such company to find; 
The monster lying at their feet 

Was surely not of human kind ? 
So the two shipmates wond'ring 
stood, 

And gazed on him in blank 



While he — now trembling with 



Loudly to them for mercy cries. 
Then kneeling, kissed the butler's 
feet, 
And prayed him to become his 

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Saying that he would bring him 
fruits, 
And lead him to the freshest 
spring. 



And when the butler gave consent, 

Up from the earth the monster sprang, 

And, reckless of Duke Prospers power, 
This song of wild defiance sang: 




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The monster next his plans revealed: — 
"While Prospero, his master, slept, 

He — Caliban — should lead these men ' 
To where the magic books were kept. 



These they must seize ; then kill the 
duke 

While in his quiet sleep he lay — 
Miranda should the butler wed — 

Neither to this dark plot said nay ! 

But Ariel their treason heard, 

And their fell purpose to defeat 
Spread temptingly beside the path, 

Rich garments for a monarch meet. 

And while they quarrelled 
o'er the spoil, 
He brought a pack of 
fairy hounds, 

And hunted them the 





forest through, 

With shouts and merry 

bugle sounds. 

But still the king and 
the bad duke 
Searched smiling plain 
and barren shore, 
For the young prince 
whom still they 
hoped 
The hungry ocean 
would restore, 



Yet dead they deemed him, for alas ! 

They found him not in grove or glade. 
And now, with ceaseless wand'ring tired, 

Upon the turf the king is laid. 

Suddenly, on the tranquil air, 

Soft solemn strains of music rise, 

And figures, strange, fantastic, wild, 
Appear before their startled eyes. 




They bring a stately banquet in, 

And then, with gestures quaint but meet, 

Beckon the weary shipwrecked men 
To rise, and at the table eat. 

But as the king approached the board, 
Thunder and lightning rent the sky, 

And a great harpy — dreadful bird! — 
Was seen upon the food to fly. 



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The banquet vanished : Ariel's voice 
Their secret sins then loud pro- 
claimed, 
In burning words, till conscience 
struck, 
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Then Prospero, with pity moved, 
Declared himself, and pardon gave ; 

And showed to the unhappy king, 
His rescued heir within his cave. 




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There with Miranda, chess he played. 

The king with tears embraced his son ; 
And thus, the duchy he had lost, 

By Prospero was fairly won. 






His lovely child would wear a crown, 

Of Naples she would be the Queen, 
And never more upon that isle 

Would Ariel or his lord be seen. 
For Prospero will burn his books, 

And set his much-loved spirit free, 
Within the cowslip buds to lie, 

Or roam the air at liberty. 




Yet first, at Prospero' s request, 

The ship and crew all safe he brings ; 

And then, rejoicing, takes his flight, 
And ever as he soars he sings. 



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